Virginia Senate Bill 395

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-08 - Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
Pending: Senate Education and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public elementary and secondary schools; student athletes; pre-participation mental health assessment required. Provides that no public elementary or secondary school student is permitted to be a participant on or try out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled competitions with other elementary or secondary schools unless such student has submitted to the school principal a signed report from a licensed physician, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician attesting that such student has, within the preceding 365 days, received both a physical examination and a mental health assessment. Current law only requires that the signed report attest that any such student has received a physical examination within the preceding 12 months. The bill prohibits any public elementary or secondary school from becoming a member of any organization or entity that regulates or governs interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation any student who has satisfied the requirements for eligibility in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Board of Education to convene a work group have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

Public elementary & secondary schools; student athletes, pre-participation mental health assessment.

Sen. Stella Pekarsky [D]

2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-08	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
2024-01-24	Senate	Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102782D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	271.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB395
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB395+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105521D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106832D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB395F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0108+SB0395